Support for ironing-boards.



No. 633 393. Patented Sept. [9, I899.

C, M. SHAW.

SUPPORT FOR IRONING BOARDS.

(Application filed Apr'. 18, 1899 (No Model.) 2 Sheets$heet INVENTORUNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

CHARLES M. SHAW, OF LEADVILLE, COLORADO-J SUPPORT FOR lRONlNG-BOARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,393, datedSeptember -1e, 189?). Application filed A rillS, 1899. Serial no,713504.. (No model.)

:To ctZl whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. SHAW, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Leadville, in the county of Lake and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supportsfor Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to an improvement in supports for ironing-boards,and has reference more particularly to the invention set forth inLetters Patent No. 615,504, granted to me December 6, 1898.

The object of my present invention is to obviate any objectionablefeatures existing heretofore in inventions of this character and providea simple attachment for tables or similar articles of furniture or anattachment capable of being secured to the side of a room, if desired,which will make a secure and rigid support and one capable of beingswung around out of the way when not in use.

With the foregoing objects in view my present invent-ion consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, whichwill be hereinafter described more fully, and pointed out particularlyin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of atable or one end thereof, showing my improved form of arm or bracketattached thereto. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the arm and its hingeconnection, and Fig. is a modification. I

Referring to the construction shown in Fig. 1, A A represent a pair ofsupporting-mans. Each arm terminates in a flat leaf 1, and to this acorresponding leaf 2 is hinged by means of a pin 3 in the usual mannerof a butt-hinge. The leaf 2 is provided with a notched upper edge 3 anda grooved lower edge 4. Also it has an outwardly-projecting staple 5.Leaf 1 has an overhanging lip G at its upper edge and is furnished withan aperture 7 in position to receive the staple 5 of the leaf 2. Theinterlocking hinged edges of these two leaves are constructed to have aslight vertical play with respect to each other, the amount of this playbeing approximately equal to the depth of the groove 4 at the bottom ofleaf 2. In practice the arms are connected with the table or othersupport by securing the leaves 2 2 to the table, table-legs, or othersupport. In Y turning, leaf 1 rides around upon the flange 8 until it isflat against the leaf 2, when by its own weight it drops into the groove4: at its lower end and the lip (i overhangs the notched upper edge ofthe leaf 2, thus holding the leaves locked securely together and thesupporting-arms rigidly in place. To prevent displacement, a key 9 isinserted in each staple. When the arms are in this position, theironing-board C is placed upon them and may be secured in any'approvedmanner.

When not in use, the ironing-board is removed, the keys lifted from thestaples, and the arms lifted slightly until the leaves 1 are out of thegrooves 4t, whereupon the arms are.

swung around the distance of a half-circle against the ends of thetable, where they are out of the way, and beneath the projecting ends ofthe table-top.

In the modification a means is shown for' attaching the ironing board tothe side of the wall. In this construction the ironing-board is attachedto the frame D, secured to the wall in the same way as to the table ortablelegs in the other form. In this instance the supportingarms arepreferably hinged to the inner surface of the legs and differ from thosepreviously described merely in the fact that they only swing through afourth of a circle.

The framework is recessed to receive them when not in use, and they areconcealed when swung inward by the cover E,which latter is hinged at 1212 to the lower cross-bar 14c of the frame and is supported when open bybar 13 from below and bar 14 from above, which together take all strainoff of the hinges when this cover is open and applied to the purpose ofsupporting the clothes or for any other purpose for which a shelf may beutilized- WVheu closed, the cover entirely conceals the arms, and thiscover when closed presents a neat and finished appearance.

Above the recess in which the arms are concealed when folded is hinged ashelf 15. This is paneled on its lower and outer surface, so that whenraised to a vertical position it presents a pleasing and ornamentalappearance. When lowered, it is utilized as a shelf for any purposedesired for which a shelf is adapted, and, in fact,when lowered it hasthe appearance of and may serve as a mantel, and in that way adding notonly to the general utility of the invention, but also to the appearanceof the room where it is placed.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in addition tothose described without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention, and I might mention at this point that some means could beprovidedas, for instance, hooks and eyes, as shown in Fig. l-forattaching the legs of the table to the base or wash board of the room toprevent the table to which the ironing-board is attached from topplingover, and hence I do not wish to be limited to the precise constructionsherein set forth; but,

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination withasupportprovided with a projection, of an armhaving a hinged vertically-sliding connection with its support, said armhaving an aperture to receive a projection 011 the support and alsoprovided with a hook adapt d to engage said support, the hook andprojection locking the arm when the latter drops to its normally-loweredposition.

52. The combination with an arm, of a leaf adapted to be secured to asupport, said leaf having a projecting staple and a grooved lower edge,the arm provided with a hook and an aperture, said arm having avertically-sliding hinged connection with the leaf whereby its hook,aperture and lower edge become locked to the upper edge, the staple andthe grooved lower edge respectively, of the leaf when the arm is in itsoutward position.

3. In a support for ironing or otherboards the combination of a hinge,one leaf of which is provided with a groove at its lower edge and has astaple or tongue, and the other leaf provided with an aperture oropening adapted to receive the staple or tongue, said apertu red leafadapted to enter the groove at the lower edge of the other leaf when thetwo leaves are together whereby they are locked in that position and anarm projecting from the apertured leaf for the support of theironing-board.

4:. In a support for ironing or other boards the combination of a pairof leaves hinged together, one having a groove atits lower edge adaptedto receive the lower edge of the other leaf, said grooved leaf having anotched upper edge adapted to receive a lip of the other leaf, saidgrooved leaf having a tongue or staple and the other leaf an aperture'oropening to receive the tongue or staple, a key for looking the leaves inclosed position and an arm projecting from the apertured leaf for thesupporting of the ironing-board.

CHARLES M. SHAIV.

In presence of- J. F. LEWIS, G. H. CHANDLER.

